Knee Strength of Professional Basketball Players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 457-463

  Theoharopoulos, Anthony ^a   Tsitskaris, George ^a   Nikopoulou, Maria ^a   Tsaklis, Panagiotis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Concentric strength; Knee extension; Knee flexion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034358828     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-200011000-00014     Document Type: Article

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